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Tarot of the Spirit
The Tarot of the Spirit is a companion book to the tarot deck painted by Joyce Eakins and is meant to pick up where other tarots leave off. It is here to aid serious students on the esoteric path of the Western Mysteries. Its reason for being is to provide assistance for inner awakening and continued spiritual practice.
Centered on the Qabbalistic Tree of Life, this symbolism clearly explores the Minor Arcana as a representation of the four components of spirit, emotion, intellect, and body while it reveals the Major Arcana to be the keys to our emotional response patterns to the symbolic universe in which we live. Includes seven monthly meditations, individual readings, and layouts.
Every concept presented in the book is essential in its context. Nothing has been reduced, neither has it been convoluted. Every effort has been made to keep the interpretations clearly understandable. Both this book and the deck are meant to be referred to again and again. As the knowledge of the student deepens, the texts will take on greater meaning.
Centered on the Qabbalistic Tree of Life, this symbolism clearly explores the Minor Arcana as a representation of the four components of spirit, emotion, intellect, and body while it reveals the Major Arcana to be the keys to our emotional response patterns to the symbolic universe in which we live. Includes seven monthly meditations, individual readings, and layouts.
Every concept presented in the book is essential in its context. Nothing has been reduced, neither has it been convoluted. Every effort has been made to keep the interpretations clearly understandable. Both this book and the deck are meant to be referred to again and again. As the knowledge of the student deepens, the texts will take on greater meaning.
448 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1991
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March 27, 2008
Not the usual esoteric stuff; this book and deck look in multiple directions: psychology, cabala, New Thought, as well as traditional tarot. This is not for a reading so much as READING. It leads my mind down new avenues.
September 5, 2015
Pamela Eakins's authorial voice is lyrical and engaging, with an almost cultish quality in her invocation of metaphysical concepts and ideas about "spiritual awakening". An enjoyable read nonetheless. A surprising breadth of psychological concepts in there if you look. I particularly enjoyed her chapter on day-to-day meditation: According to psychologists Naranjo and Ornstein, there are three forms of meditation, for example the "Negative Way" wherein we empty our minds, concentrating on nothing. When we meditate with the tarot, we move through all three forms fluidly, and experience the insights of each. I found this a pinpoint explanation for why I find meditating with the tarot so worthwhile.
Even though I have not and do not intend to study the companion tarot deck in the near future, and though I usually find myself averse to New Agey tones of writing, I find myself deeply moved, like a child is by her mother's lullaby, in that timeless space between the waking and the dream.
Even though I have not and do not intend to study the companion tarot deck in the near future, and though I usually find myself averse to New Agey tones of writing, I find myself deeply moved, like a child is by her mother's lullaby, in that timeless space between the waking and the dream.
December 16, 2011
This book is the accompaniment to the tarot deck I've had nearly 20 years. The book has extensive and well explained definitions and add aspects of many different spiritual points including astrology, the tree of life and even a touch of biblical references. All in all this book is a great comprehensive tool to compliment the tarot cards of the same name.
November 17, 2011
This is the best way I know to become a master of the western mysteries. This is a deck for true spiritual counselors who want to master kabbalah, astrology as well as tarot. Not for fortune tellers.
September 27, 2008
this is my favorite tarot book..her mother did all the artwork..i like this tarot becuase it has a positive spin which is important..after all we create our own reality.
April 22, 2013
Cabalistic tarot book with cards.very lovely and user friendly.
September 12, 2025
I loved this book, it is thick! And also deep. I took time as suggested and read and meditated on one card a day so I could really take the energy and learning at a deeper level. It was suggested to study and meditate it on longer than one a day (like one a week) and that would have been better to do, but I wanted to get through it, and stretching it over months was long enough for me. I can always go back and meditate on the cards individually as I pull them. I feel more enriched in my knowing of the tarot through this.
February 29, 2012
One of my dearest friends is learnig to read on this deck. it's artwork is breathtaking, and the symbolism quite eclectic. For all that, it's also solidly grounded in Qaballah. Overall, it's very well thought out.
October 9, 2017
Great deck and meditations!
February 26, 2008
one of my favorite decks. so informative!
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